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    <periodOfReport>2016-06-07</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>PROVIDENCE SERVICE CORP</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerName>Coliseum Capital Management, LLC</rptOwnerName>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerName>Shackelton Christopher S</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerState>CT</rptOwnerState>
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            <rptOwnerName>COLISEUM CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.</rptOwnerName>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerState>CT</rptOwnerState>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerName>Gray Adam</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerCity>STAMFORD</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CT</rptOwnerState>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerName>Coliseum Capital Co-Invest, L.P.</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>METRO CENTER</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>1 STATION PLACE, 7TH FLOOR,</rptOwnerStreet2>
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            <rptOwnerState>CT</rptOwnerState>
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            <transactionDate>
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                <value></value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See Footnote</value>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
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                <value>2016-06-07</value>
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                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See Footnote</value>
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                <value>Phantom Stock</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2016-06-07</value>
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                <value></value>
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            <transactionAmounts>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
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                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2016-06-07</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2016-06-07</value>
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            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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                    <value>0</value>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See Footnote</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Each share of phantom stock is the economic equivalent of one share of the Issuer's common stock (the &quot;Common Stock&quot;).  Each share of phantom stock is entitled to a cash payment equal to the fair market value of one share of the Common Stock as of the payment date based on the closing market price of the Common Stock on such date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The cash settlement of 4,167 shares of phantom stock is reported for purposes of Form 4 as the disposition of the phantom stock and a simultaneous acquisition and disposition of the underlying Common Stock. The phantom stock is entitled to a cash payment equal to the fair market value of one share of the Common Stock as of the payment date, which was $48.02 based on the closing price of the Common Stock on June 7, 2016.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The phantom stock was received by Coliseum Capital Partners, L.P. (&quot;CCP&quot;) pursuant to an agreement under which Christopher Shackelton (&quot;Shackelton&quot;) assigned to CCP the right to receive all compensation (including equity compensation) that Shackelton would otherwise receive as a director of the Issuer. Coliseum Capital, LLC (&quot;CC&quot;) serves as the general partner for CCP and Coliseum Capital Partners II, L.P. (&quot;CCP2&quot;); Coliseum Capital Management, LLC (&quot;CCM&quot;) serves as investment advisor to CCP and CCP2.  Shackelton and Adam Gray (&quot;Gray&quot;) are managers of and have an ownership interest in CC and may be deemed to have an indirect pecuniary interest in the phantom stock held by CCP due to CC's right to receive performance-related fees from CCP. Each of Shackelton, Gray, CC, CCM, CCP, CCP2, and Coliseum Capital Co-Invest, L.P. (&quot;CCC&quot;) disclaims beneficial ownership of the phantom stock except to the extent of that person's pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The Common Stock is held directly by (a) CCP, (b) CCP2 and (c) a separate account investment advisory client of CCM (the &quot;Separate Account&quot;). Shackelton and Gray are managers of and have an ownership interest in each of CCM and CC and may be deemed to have an indirect pecuniary interest in the shares held by the CCP, CCP2 and the Separate Account due to CCM's right to receive performance-related fees from the Separate Account and CC's right to receive performance-related fees from CCP and CCP2. Each of Shackelton, Gray, CCP, CCP2, the Separate Account, CC, CCM and CCC disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of that person's pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Shackelton is a director of the Issuer. As a result, the following persons may be deemed directors by deputization of the Issuer solely for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended: CCM; CC; CCP; CCP2; CCC; and Gray.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Coliseum Capital Management, LLC, By: /s/ Thomas Sparta, Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-06-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Christopher Shackelton, By: /s/ Thomas Sparta, Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-06-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Coliseum Capital, LLC, By: /s/ Thomas Sparta, Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-06-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Coliseum Capital Partners, L.P., By: Coliseum Capital, LLC, its General Partner, By: Thomas Sparta, Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-06-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Coliseum Capital Partners II, L.P., By: Coliseum Capital, LLC, its General Partner, By: /s/ Thomas Sparta, Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-06-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Adam Gray, By: /s/ Thomas Sparta, Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-06-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Coliseum Capital Co-Invest, L.P., By: Coliseum Capital, LLC, its General Partner, By: Thomas Sparta, Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-06-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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